Maggie, 9, helps her team prepare a delicious sweet treat recently at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center in a friendly cooking competition for the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension’s annual Kid’s Cooking Camp Food Challenge.

In July, AgriLife will offer Good Table Manners, “Please” and “Thank you” along with Etiquette, this will be a three-day class held July 16-18, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cost is $10 per child with lunch provided. Open to ages 8-18.

Youth Canning Class will be held July 19, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for ages 8-14. Cost will be $25 per child. They will be canning strawberry jam and making homemade bread.

Next class will be Sewing 101 for beginners only, July 23-25, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., cost is $20 per person, kids will bring their own lunch and drink.

The last program for the summer will be Clover Kids Camp for ages 5-8, July 31-August 2, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. cost will be $25 per person. The youth will have hands on cooking, sewing, robotics and science. If you have any questions about our summer programs, please feel free to contact the AgriLife office at 409-882-7010.